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Wilderness

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THERE is a wolf in me … fangs pointed for tearing gashes … a red tongue for raw meat … and the hot lapping of blood-I keep this wolf because…

Early Moon

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THE BABY moon, a canoe, a silver papoose canoe, sails and sails in the Indian west.A ring of silver foxes, a mist of silver foxes, sit and sit around the…

Honky Tonk in Cleveland, Ohio

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IT’S a jazz affair, drum crashes and cornet razzesThe trombone pony neighs and the tuba jackass snorts.The banjo tickles and titters too awful.The chippies talk about the funnies in the…

Trafficker

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Among the shadows where two streets cross,A woman lurks in the dark and waitsTo move on when a policeman heaves in view.Smiling a broken smile from a facePainted over haggard…

Alley Rats

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THEY were calling certain styles of whiskers by the name of “lilacs.”And another manner of beard assumed in their chatter a verbal guiseOf “mutton chops,” “galways,” “feather dusters.”  Metaphors such as…

The Hangman at Home

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WHAT does the hangman think aboutWhen he goes home at night from work?When he sits down with his wife andChildren for a cup of coffee and aPlate of ham and…

Night Movement-New York

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IN the night, when the sea-winds take the city in their arms,And cool the loud streets that kept their dust noon and afternoon;In the night, when the sea-birds call to…

Government

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THE Government–I heard about the Government andI went out to find it. I said I would look closely atit when I saw it.Then I saw a policeman dragging a drunken…

Bricklayer Love

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I thought of killing myself because I am only a bricklayer      and you a woman who loves the man who runs a drug store. I don’t care like I used to;…

Red-headed Restaurant Cashier

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SHAKE back your hair, O red-headed girl.Let go your laughter and keep your two proud freckles on your chin.Somewhere is a man looking for a red-headed girl and some day…